Thomas J O’Brien Lock and Dam
Thomas J. O'Brien Lock & Dam is a stop lock in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago at the confluence of the Grand Calumet River and Little Calumet River, which form the Calumet River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: dam in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “O’Brien Lock and Dam”, “T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam”, “Thomas J O’Brien Controlling Works Dam”, and “Thomas J. O’Brien Lock and Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hegewisch station and Chicago Assembly Plant.
Hegewisch station
Railway station
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Hegewisch station is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the Hegewisch neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to the cities of Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. Hegewisch station is situated 1¼ miles east of Thomas J O’Brien Lock and Dam.
Chicago Assembly Plant
Industrial building
Chicago Assembly Plant is Ford Motor Company's oldest continuously operated automobile manufacturing plant. It is located at E. 130th Street and Torrence Avenue in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, US. Chicago Assembly Plant is situated 1 mile north of Thomas J O’Brien Lock and Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnham and Hegewisch.
Burnham
Village
Burnham is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,046 at the 2020 census. Burnham has a Chicago ZIP code and was named for Telford Burnham, who drew its plat.
Hegewisch
Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.
Altgeld Gardens Homes
Neighborhood
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. Altgeld Gardens Homes is situated 2 miles west of Thomas J O’Brien Lock and Dam.
Thomas J O’Brien Lock and Dam
- Categories: lock and dam
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.65051° or 41° 39′ 2″ northLongitude
-87.56621° or 87° 33′ 58″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
86HJMC2M+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 211228000OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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